Wednesday, March 20th McCord Auditorium in Dallas Hall, 6:30pm

Thursday, March 21st

Readings by Debra Spark

DeGolyer Library, 6pm

Debra Spark has authored four books of fiction, including ThePretty Girl, a collection of stories, and Good for the Jews,and the non-fiction collection Curious Attractions: Essayson Fiction Writing. She is a professor atColby College and teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Friday, March 22nd

Readings by Alix Ohlin and Alan Michael Parker

DeGolyer Library, 3pm

Alan Michael Parker has authored seven collections of poetry, including LongDivision, which won the 2012 North Carolina Book Award. He teaches at Davidson College and the Queens University low-residency M.F.A. program. Alix Ohlin is the author of The MissingPerson, and Babylon and Other Stories. Her latest collection, Signs and Wonders, and a novel, Inside, were published on June 5, 2012. Alix lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, teaching at Lafayette College and the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.

Friday, March 22nd

Readings by Vievee Francis

DeGolyer Library, 6pm

Honors for Tatjana Soli’s bestselling debut novel, The Lotus Eaters, include New York Times Notable Book, finalist for the LA Times Book Award, and winner of the James Tait Black Prize. Her second book, The Forgetting Tree, is a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Vievee Francis is the author of two books of poetry, Blue-Tail Fly and Horse in theDark. Her work appears in Best AmericanPoetry 2010, and Angles of Ascent: ANorton Anthology of Contemporary AfricanAmerican Poetry. She is associate editor for Callaloo: A Journal of AfricanDiasporic Arts & Letters.

Saturday, March 23rd

Readings by Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Natalie Serber

DeGolyer Library, 2pm

Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s The Last Time I saw Amelia Earhart won the 2006 ConnecticutBook Award in Poetry and wasshortlisted for the Northern CaliforniaBook Award. Her second collection, Apocalyptic Swing, was a finalist for the2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.An instructor at the California Collegeof Arts and Warren Wilson College,Gabrielle also runs the Best AmericanPoetry Blog. Natalie Serber’s work wasshortlisted for Best American ShortStories. She teaches writing in Portland,Oregon, where she lives with her family.Natalie’s new book is Shout Her Lovely Name.